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Poll: Biggest party divide on guns

It should come as no surprise by now but gun policy is the most divisive issue along party lines, a new Gallup poll has found.

The poll, released Tuesday, shows a whopping 59 percent of Republicans claiming to be satisfied by current gun policy, while only 28 percent of Democrats can say the same thing. That makes for a difference of 31 percentage points.

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Some of the other national issues Republicans and Democrats don’t see eye to eye on are immigration (46 percent of Democrats are satisfied, and only 23 percent of Republicans are pleased), the amount paid in federal taxes (47 percent Democrats to 25 percent Republicans) and abortion (53 percent Democrats to 32 percent Republicans).

Democrats tend to be more content with the state of the nation than Republicans given the Democratic presidency, the poll pointed out, except on issues concerning environmental quality, efforts to address poverty and homelessness and, of course, gun control.

The difference in party satisfaction was negligible on issues such as race relations (50 percent Democrats to 52 Republicans), quality of public education (42 percent Democrats to 39 percent Republicans) and crime (40 percent Democrats to 43 percent Republicans)

The Gallup “Mood of the Nation” poll was conducted Jan. 7-10, surveying 1,011 adults. The margin of error was +/-4 percentage points.